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Nope.. nothing. there used to be a 'Services.exe' file under C:\Windows\ which would reappear everytime I deleted it; that was the virus. AVG managed to get rid of that permanently, but it seems it didn't get rid of the associated registry key.. there are a few posts about this if you google it; they recommend deleting the key manually. i just don't feel confident tinkering around with that without some one's advice. hence CCleaner cheers!

Thanks for getting back to me on this. I had looked at this, but Sevices.exe isn't listed as one of the start up programs.. any more ideas much appreciated!

Hi- I installed CCleaner hoping that it would fix a registry issue that remained after getting rid of a virus with AVG anti virus. The virus (I think trojan) had installed a file called Service.exe under C:\Windows\. AVG got rid of it ok, but now when i start my computer i get the following two error messages in sequence. They appear before XP has finished booting completely, and the boot process won't complete until I click the error messages away. Can anyone here advise on how to get rid of whatever registry key it is that is causing this (I've never deleted keys manually before, so fairly precise advice much appreciated!)? Alternatively, is this an issue the CCleaner team is aware of and will sort out at some point? Thanks!